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Police raid NewsClick premises, arrest 2 scribes
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Police raid NewsClick premises, arrest 2 scribes

Delhi Police raided many places linked to NewsClick, a digital news outlet, on Tuesday, in connection with a UAPA case filed against it.

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October 04, 2023
KCR wanted to join NDA, Iturned him down: PM
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KCR wanted to join NDA, Iturned him down: PM

Modi questions Congress if itwants to curb rights of minorities

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October 04, 2023
Asian Games Hockey: India drub Bangladesh 12-0, move into semifinals
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Asian Games Hockey: India drub Bangladesh 12-0, move into semifinals

Singh Captain Harmanpreet and striker Mandeep Singh scored hat- trick as India drubbed Bangladesh 12-0 to complete their Pool A league with all five wins and moved into the semi-finals of Men's hockey competition at the ASian Games in Hangzhou China on Monday.

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October 03, 2023
Asian Games: Parul, Ancy bag silvers after historic TT bronze surges India's tally to 60
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Asian Games: Parul, Ancy bag silvers after historic TT bronze surges India's tally to 60

In archery, India’s Atanu Das, DhirajJ Bommadevara registered contrasting victories to march into the individual recurve quarterfinals

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October 03, 2023
Greater population, greater rights: Rahul on caste census
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Greater population, greater rights: Rahul on caste census

After the Bihar Government released caste survey data, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday reiterated his demands to give people rights based on their population.

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October 03, 2023
Giriraj Singh terms Bihar govt's caste-based survey as false
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Giriraj Singh terms Bihar govt's caste-based survey as false

‘The caste-based survey isjustan eyewash. There are thousands of castes in Bihar, butthe Nitish govt has released data based only onafew of them’, hesaid

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October 03, 2023
Pakistan: Special Court orders jail authorities to present Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi on 4 October
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Pakistan: Special Court orders jail authorities to present Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi on 4 October

Aspecial court formed under the Official Secrets Act has summoned Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case on October 4, Pakistan-based Geo News reported.

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October 03, 2023
Ukraine welcomes EU foreign ministers for meeting in Kyiv
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Ukraine welcomes EU foreign ministers for meeting in Kyiv

The US, the EU the UK have provided massive military and financialsupportto Ukraine, enabling ittostand up to the Kremlin's attack

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October 03, 2023
RBI-MPC's decision on repo rate may be unanimous but not on the stance: Economists
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RBI-MPC's decision on repo rate may be unanimous but not on the stance: Economists

While there will be unanimity on not changing the repo rate from the current 6.5 per cent, there will be divergence within the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) as to the stance, said senior economists.

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October 03, 2023
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Stock market: Wall Street drifts as traders adjust to high interest rates

Oil prices have jumped to their highest levelin more than a year, whichis pressuring the economy by raising fuel costs for everyone

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October 03, 2023
A few rotten eggs spoil the diaspora's image
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A few rotten eggs spoil the diaspora's image

Writing for The Economist on India’s diaspora in June this year, Avantika Chilkoti mentioned that the Indian diaspora is the largest in the world. She wrote, “India’s claim to be a democracy steeped in liberal values helps its diaspora integrate more readily in the West. The diaspora in turn binds India to the West.”

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October 03, 2023
Army chief leaves for Tanzania to intensify defence cooperation
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Army chief leaves for Tanzania to intensify defence cooperation

As part of India’s increasing defence ties with African countries, the Indian Army chief, Gen Manoj Pande, embarked on a four-day official visit to Tanzania, on Monday.

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October 03, 2023
Nitish Kumar dares NDA leaders to break JD-U
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Nitish Kumar dares NDA leaders to break JD-U

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar strongly dismissed the claims made by some NDA leaders that JD-U will 'break', saying \"These are unnecessary statements which have no meaning\".

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October 03, 2023
Cong takes swipe at PM over various issues, accuses him of spreading lies
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Cong takes swipe at PM over various issues, accuses him of spreading lies

PM accused the Congress of corruption besides questioning over atrocities against women

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October 03, 2023
Telangana Governor pays tributes at Hyderabad's Bapu Ghat
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Telangana Governor pays tributes at Hyderabad's Bapu Ghat

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and state ministers Mahmood Ali and P. Sabita Indra Reddy paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 151st birth anniversary on Monday.

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October 03, 2023
Bankscam: Actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi leads BJP's protest march
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Bankscam: Actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi leads BJP's protest march

Protesting against alleged loot of the cooperative banks in Kerala, the BJP, on Monday, embarked on a padayatra (foot march) under the leadership of actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi.

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October 03, 2023
Kerala CPI(M), CPI lock horns over land grabbing in Idukki
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Kerala CPI(M), CPI lock horns over land grabbing in Idukki

At times the Kerala unit of the ruling CPI(M) and its second-largest ally the CPI take potshots at each other. On Monday, after a long truce, the latter hit out against the former over the issue of land grabbing in the hill district of Idukki.

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October 03, 2023
BJP and NDA are being steered by Adani: KTR
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BJP and NDA are being steered by Adani: KTR

While thesteering of BRS was safely in the hands of CM K Chandrasekhar Rao

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October 03, 2023
Suvendu demands CBI probe in MGNREGA irregularities in state
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Suvendu demands CBI probe in MGNREGA irregularities in state

While Trinamul Congress, led by its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, staged a protest at Rajghat in New Delhi regarding the nonpayment of central dues to the West Bengal government, the Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, called for a CBI investigation into the alleged significant irregularities during the implementation of the 100-day job scheme in the state under MGNREGA.

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October 03, 2023
Rainfall to continue until 5 October; police to evacuate people to safer places
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Rainfall to continue until 5 October; police to evacuate people to safer places

The police in seven districts have been asked to make people who live in the low-lying areas aware of the possible heavy rain and evacuate them to safer places if required.

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October 03, 2023
Doctors advise CM to take rest for another seven days
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Doctors advise CM to take rest for another seven days

She underwent micro-surgery on 24Sep for fluid aspiration on herleftknee

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October 03, 2023
Orange alert issued as Damodar River Valley reservoirs surge due to continuous rainfall
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Orange alert issued as Damodar River Valley reservoirs surge due to continuous rainfall

As a consequence of incessant rainfall in the upper catchment regions of the Damodar River Valley, particularly in Jharkhand, water levels in all reservoirs and dams have risen. This has led to the issuance of an orange alert for districts in the lower region.

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October 03, 2023
Irani’s pep talk boosts BJP-linked trade unions and workers in Bengal’s tea belt
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Irani’s pep talk boosts BJP-linked trade unions and workers in Bengal’s tea belt

Trade union leaders associated with the BJP in tea belt have been rejuvenated, following Union Minister for Smriti Irani’s support to the tea workers for their contribution towards shoring up economy of West Bengal.

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October 03, 2023
'Around 1,500 recruited illegally between 2014-2018 in different Bengal municipalities'
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'Around 1,500 recruited illegally between 2014-2018 in different Bengal municipalities'

Allthese illegal recruitments, were done through an outsourced agency ABS Infozone, owned by Ayan Sil

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October 03, 2023
Nobel in medicine goes toscientists who spurred development of mRNA Covid vaccines
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Nobel in medicine goes toscientists who spurred development of mRNA Covid vaccines

Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and could be used in the future to create other shots.

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October 03, 2023
OBCS, EBCs account for 63 pc of population: Bihar caste survey
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OBCS, EBCs account for 63 pc of population: Bihar caste survey

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar released the much-awaited caste-based survey, on Monday, which showed that other backward caste (OBC) and extremely backward class (EBC) together account for 63 per cent of the state’s population.

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October 03, 2023
Abhishek Banerjee challenges Centre over delayed MGNREGA and Awas Yojana funds
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Abhishek Banerjee challenges Centre over delayed MGNREGA and Awas Yojana funds

Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamul Congress national general secretary, threw a challenge at the central government in Delhi today.

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October 03, 2023
PM tears into Cong in poll-bound Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
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PM tears into Cong in poll-bound Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

Modiraises tailor’s 2022 murder in Raj, says Cong worships one family’ in Madhya Pradesh

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October 03, 2023
Athletics: Tajinderpal, Avinash win Gold each in a medal rush
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Athletics: Tajinderpal, Avinash win Gold each in a medal rush

Olympic steeple chaser Avinash Sable and defending shot put champion Tajinderpal toor led the charge winning a gold each in their respective events as it rained medals in the Indian athletic camp in the Asian Games at Hangzhou China on DSunday.

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October 02, 2023
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Badminton: Men's team creates history, bags first silver medal

Asian Games: Indiahave nowwon 11 medals-2silverand9 bronze-atthe continental meet

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October 02, 2023